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SPOOLING MACHINE. No. 404,831, PatentedJune 11, 1889.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT Curio-E.

JOHN W. FOSTER, OF PAWVTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, *ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOGEORGE E. MANNING, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOOLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,831, dated June 11,1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. FOSTER, of Pawtucket, county of Providence,and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improve- 5 ment inSpoofing-Machines, of which the following description, companyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel machine fordoubling or winding yarn from cops or bobbins upon spools.

The

. driving that spool.

o the bearing means or journalsof the cheeks The portions of are soconstructed moved away from the cheek, thereby permitting the readyinsertion or removal of a spooljthe movable portion of the spool-standreferred to being preferably hinged, and also acted upon by a suitablespring which acts to keep it in one position.

spoohemployed by me is and may be of usual construction, and as hereinshown the spool has at eacdkend a hole in line with the center of thebarrely tlie said holes receiving bosses extended from ineta\llic cheekshaving journals which enter slots i1 1e spool-stands; but instead thebosses may be and enter holes in the' cheeks. one at each end of thespool, have pro" .which constitute journals or bearing mm for the spool,and the spool held between'the" inner sides of the said cheeks may bereadily lifted by a slight pull on the part of the operator when it isdesired to remove the spool, the said cheeks also serving as-weights forand revolving with the spools, and at the same time rising in the slotsof the spoolstands while the spools are being filled with yarn; but whenthe spools are full the journals of'the cheeks pass automatically fromtheir usual guiding-slots into pockets communicating therewith, the saidpoc zets having overhanging edges or flanges, and the said. journalshaving entered the said pockets the rotation of the spool ceases, andthe spool having ceased to rotate the yarn passing to it becomes slack,permitting the drop-wires to fall and operate the stop-motion/for thedrum Application filed January 30, 1888. Serial No. 262,315 (No model.)

The feet of the spool-stands are bolted or fixed to a stand-railextended from one to the other end of the frame, the said stand-rail inturn being adjustably attached to a permanent rail, the latter havingpreferably at each edge a suitable flange or upright, against which oneor .the other edge of the stand-rail may be brought, thus enabling thespool- ,stands to occupy a position more or less apart to adapt them toreceive between them drums and spools of different length, this changebeing readily effected.

In my improved machine the wave motion is arranged above the spools insuch position that the operator may plainly see the yarn and reach itreadily to correct any faults.

The wave-motion consists, essentially, of a carriage sliding in waystransversely of the frame, the said carriage having a series ofguide-rods and eyes parallel to the axes of the spools.

The wave-motion carriage is actuated by a sector-lever deriving itsmotion from a toothed carriage actuated; by a heartcam so constructed,as will be hereinafter described, as to insure the winding of yarnunifermly and with equal closeness from end 'to end of the spool,thereby insuring an equal diameter of yarn on the spool at all points.

My invention consists, essentially, in a series of horizontally-placeddriving-cylinders having their axes of rotation substantially at rightangles to the frame, means to rotate them, and the series of drumsresting thereon and adapted to rotate a series of spools by frictionalcontact, combined with a series of open-centered brakes interposeddirectly between the said driving-cylinders and drums, each brake havingbars, as shown, extended in the direction of the length of the drums andat opposite sides of the axis of rotation of the spool-stands guidingthe said drums to thereby engage and instantly lift the drum above itfrom contact withthe cylinder driving the said drum, the contact of thebrake with the drum to lift the same from the cylinder acting instantlyto check the rotation of the drum, substantially as described.

Other features of my invention will be hereinafter set forth in theclaims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a'transverse section in the line in connection with theacthe heads that one may be readily the other, taking with it at, Fig.2, of a doubling and spooling machine containing my improvements, partof the mechanism at the right-hand side of the frame being omitted toshow other parts, the parts omitted being duplicates of those shown atthe left-hand side of the said figure. Fig. 2 is a broken partial sideelevation and partial section of enough of my improved machine to showthe construction of the different working parts, the drop-wires and someof the parts co-opcrating with them being left off opposite the secondspool from the right, the second spool. and its cheek being, however,shown by dotted lines as in the position it will occupy when filled andthe journal or hearing means is in the pocket of the spoolstand, thedriving-cylinder and drum for winding the third spool from the rightbeing shown in section, the spool being removed to show the rearmostcheek, while the fourth drum and spool from the right is supposed to bethat at the opposite side of the frame, the spool nextto the left of thethird spool at the front of the machine and its dLiving-cylinder anddrum being wholly omitted. Fig. is a partial top or plan view of themachine shown in Fig. 2 below the wave-motion carriage in the line 22Fig. 1, the said figure showing at the left a spool on the drum andopposite it a drum with the spool removed, leaving, however, cheeks; butat the rear of the spool at the left the spool, drum, andcheeks areomitted to show the brake and the cylinder below it, while opposite itin line with the said cylinder the machine is further depleted byremoving the brake and the ears on which it is pivoted, the said figurealso showing by dotted lines part of the main or gear shaft and abevel-wheel thereon by which to drive the bevel-wheel on thecylindershaft, the said figure at the left also showing the top board aspartially broken away to represent part of the stop-motion devices. Fig.4. shows some of the drop-wires and the guides in which they slide. Fi 5is a detail showing in two positions that one of the spool-stands whichis adj ustable upon its foot portion, together with the connected cheek.Fig. 6 shows one of the cheeks removed,with its bearing means orjournals for the spool, the said check being, however, modified at itsinner side. Fig. 7 is a detail showing the brake for lifting the drumfrom the cylinder which drives it, together with the weighted lever forlifting the said brake to remove the drum from the cylinder, and withthe springbelt of the stop-motion for holding the said lever, the saidfigure also showing one of the bearings for the shaft of the cylinderwhich drives the drum. Fig. 8 is'an elevation of Fig. 7, looking at itfrom the right. Fig. 9 is an inner side elevation of the brake-actuatinglever; Fig. 10, a top or plan view of the lever shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11is a detail showing the chains and gearing for rotating the stop-motionshafts. Fig. 12 shows the brake detached, and Fig. 13 is a detailshowing the upright slotted stand of the wave-motion carriage.

, The frame-work A, of suitable shape to contain the working parts, hasat one end, at about thirty inches from the floor, a bearing and stand Afor the power-shaft A it having a fast and loose pulley, as A A". Theshaft A has at its inner end a pinion A. The pinion A engages the pinionB on and retates the gear-shaft B, it having attached to it at suitableintervals bevel-gears B each of which engages a small bevel-pinion, asa, secured to a transverse shaft a, to which is attached near each end acylinder, as a upon which, by gravity, rests a drum, as I), or it may bethe spool.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, each cylinder drives a drum, there beinga spool I) resting on each drum, the axes of the cylinders,

drums, and spools being parallel each to the.

other and all arranged transversely to the main shaft 1; and to thelength of the frame to thus give great compactness of parts, thecylinders, drum, and spools at opposite sides of the frame beingpreferably in line each with the other.

The bearing-stands (L3 for the cylindershafts a are secured by bolts ato a longitudinal rail g. Each stand a has a U shaped bearing a for oneend of a shaft a and a slot 56 (see Fig. "7) for the reception of anadjustable stud a which constitutes the fulcrum for the brake-actuatinglever to, havingat its upper end a tee a." and at its rear side belowits fulcrum a shoulder 8, a shelf 9, andastop 1.0, the said lever havinghung upon it a weight a (see Fig. 1,) which normally turns the lever tobring the stop 10 against a depending portion of the stand, except whenthe said lever is held in its full-line position, Fig. 7, by thespring-boltj of the stop-motion, as will be described, or by thestarting-lever 36.

The brake b, one for each cylinder a and shown separately in Fig. 12 asan open-centered concave-convex plate, has cars 12, which are pivoted at13 to cars I)", (see Figs. 1, 3, 7, and 8,) suitably secured, preferablyby bolts, to the under side of the permanent rails g, the said earsrising past or above the inner edges of the said rails.

Each brake b" is cast open at its center to leave a space, so that thecylinder a and drum above it may contact through the said space, thesaid brake having two bars or pro- -j ections L00 400, which, when thebrake is in terposed between the cylinder and drum, fall. at oppositesides of a vertical line drawn through the journals of the drum, and asa result thereof the said brake when lifted, as willbe described, bringsthe said bars 400 against the drum at oppositesides of the said verticalline and at two points, so that the said drum as it is lifted from thecylinder by the brake is instantly stopped, stopping the spool.

Each brake I) is interposed between a cylinder a and a drum 1), the saiddrum resting by gravity on the said cylinder so long as the ICC brake ispermitted to remain in its lowest position, with its heel Z1 resting onthe lever a (see Fig. 7;) but as soon as the spring-bolt f of thestop-motion mechanism is pushed out,

as will be described, to release its inner end from the shoulder 8 ofthe lever a the weight a turns the said brake-actuating lever a and liftthe brake b and with it the drum above it, thus removing the latter fromcontact with the cylinder a which continues to run at speed.

Lifting the drum from the cylinder immediately disconnects the drum fromits source of motion, and at the same time the device which so lifts thedrum acts as a brake to instantly stop the rotation of the drum,overcoming all its tendency to move by reason of momentum, and as thedrum stops the spool stops.

The frame, as herein shown, has extended longitudinally thereof from endto end three permanent rails g, having at their longitudinal edges (seeFig. 2) flanges or upright portions which act as stops for stand-rails9, adj ustably secured by bolts g extended through slots in the saidstand-rails g and entering the permanent rails g. The stand-rails g havesecured to them by bolts 14 the feet of the of Fig. 3)

spool-stands h h, the lowerportions of the stands having verticalgrooves15 (see Fig. 1)

which position the drum exerts its greatest for the reception of thejournals 16 (see right at the opposite ends of the drums b. By adjustingthe stand-rails g on the permanent rails 9 all the bearing or spoolstands h and all the stands h maybe moved away from or toward each otherin the direction of the width of the machine to enable spools and drumsof different lengths to be used, as desired, in the same machine.

The upper portions of thefspool-stands h h have slots, as 17, whichreceive the bearing means for the spools, the said bearing means, asherein shown, being the journals h weighted cheek-pieces 1L between twoof which the heads or ends of the spools b are clamped, the inner sidesof the said cheeks, (see Fig. 5, where one of the checks is shownenlarged) having a boss 50 to enter the usual recess at the center ofthe spool-head. Some classes of spools now employed in spooling anddoubling machines have, as has been stated, metallic hollow journalsextended outwardly from their heads, and to adapt this class of spoolfor use in my improved machine it is only necessary to omit the boss 50,and instead provide the cheek with a recess 58, to receive the journalextending from the spool-head. This is shown in Fig. 6.

The friction between the spool and cheek pieces is sufficient to rotateboth of the cheekpieces in unison with the spool as the latter is drivenby the drum, the journals 72. turning in the slots 17, and at the sametime ris- .ing substantially across the from the position shown by theright in Fig. 2 into the pockets 18, which I are slots in communicationwith the slots 17, causing its toe a to act upon the heel 19 of teredthe pocket 18, assuming the position, as shown by the second spool fromI f the right of Fig. 2,

soon as the journals 71 of the edges or flanges 51 at the upper ends ofthe said stands 17, the flanges referred to extendsaid slots 17, and thesaid journals thereafter pass laterally dotted-line and the fullline-position, Fig. 5, the rotation of the spool stopping as enter thepockets. After this the spool is removed from contact with the drum. Assoon as the rotation of -the full'spool ceases the yarn becomes slackand lowers the drop-wire m just as when a thread breaks, and thedrop-wire effects the f stopping of the drum.

By an inspection of the drawings, Fig. 2, it will be seen that the slot17 is inclined from a perpendicular, and that the slot 18, forming thepocket, is nearly or substantially at right angles to it; and it willalso be'noticed that the slot 17 is of such inclination and depth thatwhen the bearing means-for the spool (as the said journal k is in thelower end of the said slot (as when the yarn is first applied to thespool) the said journal occupies a position at the right of the centerof rotation of the drum, in

leverage upon the spool; and it will be no- 1 ticed that as the spool isgradually filled the bearing; means therefor is gradually forcedupwardly in the slot 17 the point of contact between the drum and themass of yarn upon the spool gradually approaching a line per-Ependic'ular to the axisof rotation of the journals, and bythe time thatthe spool is filled I the bearing means for the spool arrive at thejunction of the slot 17 and the pocket 18, and -,are immediately forced,as it were, into the pocket 18 through the agency of theoverhangingflange 51, covering the slot 17 and forming part of the pocket 18.

The spool-stands h, or the outermost stand ofeach pair of stands h h,are made in two parts, connected or hinged together by a pin, as 19,which permits the upper portion 20 of the said stand 71. to be turnedoutwardly, with its attached check-piece, when it is desired to remove aspool from or to replace a spool between the two cheek-pieces carried bythe said stand h 7t the pivoted or hinged portion 20 being normally heldin upright position, with its cheek-piece against one head of the spool,by a strong spiral spring 22, connected to a stud near the foot of thestand and to a stud near the slot 18. (See Fig. 1.)

The. yarn to be wound upon eachjspool b. is taken from one or morebobbins, as m, or it may be spools, according to the work to be done,and passed over first a guide-rail m thence through an eye 23 at the.upper end of a drop-wire m (shown enlarged in Fig. 4,)

thence over a sheave, as m, on a bracket m,

the first spool at especially I at the end of the cross-arm m at the topof the frame, through the eyes 24 of the wavemotion rods, and to thespools.

The lower end of the drop-wire, it having, as shown, two parallel legs,is guided by a guide 25, composed, as shown, of a metal plate attachedto a block 26, secured in suitable manner to the under side of a plate04, resting on the top board n.

The spring-bolt f of the stop-motion has suitable bearings near eachend, in which the said bolt is free to slide, one of the said bearingsbeing in a stand 27 ,while the other bearing is in a hole in the stand a(See Fig.8.) The bolt f is normally pressed forward, so that its innerend engages the shoulder 8 of the lever a by a spiral spring, as n,surrounding the bolt between the stop-lug 29 and the stand 27. (See Fig.1, at left.)

The bolt has a second stop-lug 30 and a lug 31 to contain a pin on whichis pivoted and is very nearly balanced the tipping-lever 32 of thestop-motion, the inner end of the said lever being but the least trifleheavier than its outer end, so that the lever normally rests with itsinner end upon the stop 30, and at such time the inner end of the saidlever is out of range of the ratchet-wheel 33 of the stop-motion, therebeing one such ratchet for each lever 32, the series of ratchets beingconnected to the stop-motion shaft 34. The machine has at each sidealike shaft 34, each shaft having at its outer end a sprocket-Wheel 52,which is connected by a chain 53 with one of the two sprocket-wheels 54or 55, one 54 being 011 the shaft B, just outside the frame, the other55 being on the hub of a pinion 56, driven by the pinion 57 on the shaftB, (see detail, Fig. 11,) the shafts 34 being rotated constantly, sothat whenever a drop-wire for any cause descends upon the outer end ofthe lever 32 the said lever is tipped to strike the stop 29, and in sodoing the rear or inner end of the lever 32 is acted upon by the ratchet33, which pushes the bolt f longitudinally outward, releasing its endfrom the shoulder 8 of the lever a permitting the weight a to move thelever, as described, and lift the brake, The lever having beenliberated, the weight brings the shelf 9 of each lever a against the toeof a starting-lever 36, pivoted at 37 on a bracket 38, the saidstarting-lever being connected by a link 39 to a hand-piece 40, having aknob 41 extended through a slot in the board 01, the operator, to startany drum, pulling the knob outward, causing the toe of the lever 36,acting on the shelf 9, to turn the le ver a until the shoulder S isagain caught and held by the bolt f, such movement of the lever loweringthe brake and permitting the drum 1) to rest on and be rotated by thecylinder G The shaft B at that end of the machine opposite the fast andloose pulley has a pinion C, (see Fig. 2,) which engages and rotates alarge toothed gear C, loose on a stud (1*, the

hub of the said gear havingasprocket-wheel 0 which engages and moves achain (1, eX- tended over a sprocket-wheel 0, fast on the lieart shaft Gof the wave-motion, the said shaft having secured to it at suitableintervals one or more heart-cams, as 0, one only of which is shown, eachheart in its rotation acting on the studs 2 3 of a carriage D, providedwith rack-teeth 4, and adapted to slide in a guideway D, fixed to anupright D erected on the frame-worl The stud 2 is fixed to the saidcarriagegbut the stud 3 is projected from ablock 5,heldto the carriageloosely by a screw 6, extended through a slot in the said block, theouter end of the block being acted upon by a strong spiral spring 7,located between the block and an ear or lug on the carriage D, the saidspring serving to always keep the stud 3 in contact with the heart.

The teeth 4 of the carriage engage the toothed end of a sector-lever d,the hub of which surrounds a stud (1 the latter serving as a fulcrum forthe said sector-lever. The lower end of the sector-lever is slotted (seeFig. 2) to receive within it an adjustable roller or other stud p, thelatter entering an elongated slot in a stand 19', (shown in Fig. 2, andalso separately in Fig. 13,) the said stand being connected by screws 44to the main bar 19 of the wave-motion carriage, the said carriage beingcomposed, essentially, of the bar and suitable blocks or shoes, as 19arranged at right angles thereto, and adapted to slide in guideways 12secured to suitable uprights, the sector-lever d in its movementscausing the wave-motion carriage to be reciprocated in a straight linetransversely across the machine.

The wave-motion carriage has erected upon it at suitable distances apartlugs p, which receive a rod 19, upon which at suitable intervals, byset-screws 12 are clamped arms 13 which at their outer ends have screwedinto them the eyes or guides 24, the said eyes or guides, as hereinshown, being composed of wire screwed therein at one end, so as to bescrewed out from or into the said arms 19 as maybe desired, the eyesbeing held in adjustable posi "on by set-nuts '45,thcre being one suchbar for every spool.

The slot in the sector -lever enables the roller or other stud p to beadjusted therein up or down, according as ashort orlong spool is to bewound.

In my first experiment I employed a true 11 eart-cam-that is, aheart-cam of established shapeto actuate the carriage D, and toothedsector d to reciprocate the wave-1notion carriage; but I found inpractice that the move ment of the sector was so rapid immediatelybefore its arrival in vertical position, as in" Fig. 1,and immediatelyafter passing from its vertical position, that the coils or turns ofyarn wound upon the central part of the spool, considered with relationto its length, were not as closely laid as when the yarn was being woundupon the spool near its ends, and

as a result of this too great speed in the sector d when near itsvertical position the diameter of the wound spool was not as large atand along its central part as at and near its ends. To overcome thisdifficulty and insure a uniform even winding of the yarn from end to endof the spool,'Iadded to the edge of the regular heart-cam between itsheel and point a quantity of metal, the amount of metal so added beingthat designated in Fig. 1 outside the dotted lines, near the peripheryof the heart-cam C. This addition of metal to the usual heart made itmore nearly a true circle in certain diameters, and therefore the speedof movement of the carriage D, and consequently of the sector d, wasdecreased, forit is obvious that the more nearly circular the part ofthe heart which acts upon the usual stud 2 of the carriage D the slowerthe speed of the said carriage at such time.

It will be noticed that the sets of spools driven by the cylinders ofeach separate shaft a actuate spools so arranged with relation to eachother that their axes of rotation substantially coincide, one spoolbeing, however, at one and the other at the opposite side of thelongitudinal center of the machine. This arrangement of the spools, andconsequently of the driving drums and cylinders, the drums being on topof the cylinders, enables me to employ one wave-motion rod for two setsof spools arranged at opposite sides of the machine.

' I am also aware that a series of drums having their axes arranged inthe direction of the length of the frame and having their journals in apivoted frame have been employed to rotate spools resting 011 the saiddrums, the said drums at opposite sides the frame being rotated by along cylinder extended longitudinally of the frame from end to end, aseries of brakes arranged at one side the said drums acting to check therotation of the drums when the latter are turned aside from contact withthe driving-cylinder by a rocking movement of the frame carrying thedrums.

I have herein shown one very simple form of stop-motion mechanism ordevices; but I desire it to be understood that I do not desire to limitmy invention to the exact form of stop-motion devices shown, as insteadof the said devices I might use any other suitable well-known form ofstop-motion devices, and so, also, while I prefer the form of connectingmechanism herein shown between the heart-cam and the wave-motioncarriage, yet I may employ other well-known forms of devices commonlyemployed for such purposes.

In may invention the stop-motion devices for all the spools, one at eachside ofthe frame, are controlled by a single positivelydriven shaftwhich, through, a ratchet-wheel thereon, acts upon any one of thespring-bolts forming part of the stop-motion device for each spool.

The spaces below the flanges 51 and termed the pockets 18, in which passthe bearing means for the spools, are in practice contracted at theouter end of the pockets by bending the flanges 51 down at their freeends or between the points 200 and 201, (see Fig. 5,) so as to preventthe said bearing means from passing out of the said pockets in thedirection of the arrow 203, except by considerable strain exerted by theoperator, so that the said bearing means when the part 20 is tipped overremain in the stand. The bearing means when passed into position underthe flanges 51 have to be pushed through the contracted space betweenthe points 200 and 201 with considerable force; but, once in, thebearing means will not be forced out of the spoolstands by any force dueto the strain exerted on the spool.

The stop-motiondevices, cylinders, drums, spools, and their supportingmechanism are alike at both sides the frame, and I have thereforeconsidered it unnecessary to duplicate all the said parts, as from theparts shown anyone conversant with doubling or spoolin g machines willreadily understand my invention.

I claim 1. The series of horizontally-placed drivingcylinders havingtheir axes of rotation substantially at right angles to the frame, meansto rotate them, and the series of drums resting thereon and adapted torotate a series of spools by frictional contact, combined with a seriesof open-centered brakes, as 19 interposed directly between the saiddriving-cylinders and drums, each brake having bars, as shown, extendedin the direction of the length of the drum and at opposite sides of theaxis of rotation of the said drum to thereby engage and instantly liftthe drum above it from contact with the cylinder driving the said drum,the contact of the brake with the drum tolift the same from the cylinderacting instantly to check the rotation of the drum, substantially asdescribed.

2. The cylinder a the drum resting thereon, the slotted spool-standstoreceive the journals of the said drum, and bearing meansfor the spool,also guided between and held by the said spool stands, combined with thebrake 79 having an open center and interposed directly between thecylinder and drum, the bars or projections 400 100 of the brake actingupon the drum at the opposite sides of a vertical line drawn from thejournals of the drum, whereby the drum is lifted vertically and issupported by the brake. at each side, the said line thus instantlystopping the rotation of the spool, substantially as described. I

3. The driving-cylinder, means to rotate it, the drum resting on androtated by the said cylinder, the slotted spool-stands, and cheekpiecesto hold frictionally between them and clamp the spools, and havingjournals free to enter and rotate and slide vertically in. the

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slots in the said spool-stands, substantially as described.

4. The driving-cylinder, means to rotate it, the drum resting thereonand rotated by the said cylinder and adapted to rotate a spool lyingthereon, and spoolstands provided with slots and overhanging flanges 51to form pockets, as 18, combined with bearing means, subfor the spools,the said bearing means consisting of independent cheek-pieces andjournals, the latter entering the said pockets automatically when. thespool has been filled, substantially as described.

5. The driving cylinder, combined with slotted spool-stand adapted toreceive bet-ween them the spool to be rotated, one of the said standsbeing made movable in a direction from and toward the other,substantially as described.

6. The series of driving-cylinders arranged across the machine in thedirection of its length, drums resting on the said cylinders, andspool-stands slotted, as at 17 18, to leave flanges 51 overhanging theslots 17, combined with independent cheek forming bearing means for bothends of the spools, the said bearing means, as the spools fill, risingand rotating in the said slots 17 until the bearing means meet the saidflanges, the latter, as the yarn on the spool increases in diameter,acting on the bearing means to force the same into the slots 18 to stopthe spool, substantially as described.

7. The driving-cylinder, means to rotate it, the spool-stands, the drumresting thereon, and the brake, combined with the brake-actuating lever,the spring-actuated bolt of the stop-motion, and means to actuate it,substantially as described.

8. The driving-cylinder, the intermediate drum adapted to support thespool, and the slotted spool-stands, one of which is movable upon apivot in a direction from and toward the other, combined with a springadapted to hold in operative position the pivoted portion of thespool-stand, substantially as described.

9. I11 combination, the revolving ratchet wheel 33, the spring-operatedbolt 1'', the lever pivoted thereon, and the drop-wires, substantiallyas described.

10. The drivingcylinder, means to rotate it, the drum, the brake, andthe brake-actuating lever provided with the shelf, combined with thestarting-lever to move the brake-actuating lever, to operatesubstantially as described.

11. The heart-cam shaft, the heart-cam thereon, the horizontally-shdingcarriage D, and the wave-motion carriage, combined with the sector-leveractuated by the said carriage and connections, substantially asdescribed, between it and the said wave-motion carriage, as set forth.

12. I11 a spoofing-machine, two series of driving cylinders arrangedtransversely of the machine and having their axes substantially in line,two series of drums parallel therewith and resting thereon,and twoseries of spool-stands, combined with bearin g means, substantially asdescribed, for and with the open-center brakes interposed directlybetween the said cylinder and drum and having parallel bars acting uponopposite sides of the axis of the drum to lift each drum from eachcylinder, and with means to actuate the said brakes, substantially as described.

13. In a spoofing-machine, ing-cylinders at opposite sides of the frame,with their axes at right angles to the length of the frame two sets ofspool-stands, standrails to which they are bolted, rails on which thestand-rails rest, and means to adjustably connect the stand-rails withthe said rails, combined with two sets of drums b, for rotating thespools Z), and bearing means for the spools, whereby the spool-standsmay be simultaneouslyadjusted to adapt the frame for the reception ofspools of different lengths, substantially as described.

14. Two sets of dliving-cylinders, one at each side of the frame, theaxes of the said cylinders being arranged transversely of the frame, twosets of slotted spool-stands, and bearing means for the said spoolsbetween the said stands and above the said cylinders, combined with thewave-motion carriage located above the spools and having arms 1), andthread-guides, as 24:, for the yarns going to both sets of spools, andwith. means to retate the said cylinders and actuate the wavemotioncarriage, to operate substantially as described.

15. The slotted spool-stands, driving-cylinder, and drum, combined withmetallic cheekpieees, shaped substantially as described, at their innerside for engagement with the spool and provided at their outer side withjournals entering the slots of the said stands, substantially asdescribed.

16. The cylinder (6 the drum, the brake, and the bral e-actuating leverhaving a toe and a shoulder 8 and weight to move the said lever,combined with the spring-actuated bolt,

its attached lever, drop-wire, and ratchet, and means to move it,substantially as described.

17. In a spooling-maehine, two sets of driving-cylinders at oppositesides of the frame, the said cylinders having their axes coincident, orsubstantially so, two sets of slotted spool-stands having flanges, as51, to leave pockets 18 below them, two sets of drums having their axesparallel to the axes of and resting on the said cylinders, and bearingmeans for the spools, combined with the wavemotion carriage, and means,substantially as described, to reciprocate it transversely of the frame,the said wave-motion carriage and its actuating cam-shaft being locatedabove the said drums and spools thereon, substantially as described.

18. In a spoofing-machine, two series of driving-cylinders, one at eachside of the frame, the said cylinders liavin their shafts the saidspools,

two sets of driv- IIO or axes of rotation arranged transversely of theframe, means to rotate the said cylinders at uniform speed, two sets ofslotted spoolstands, bearing means for the spools to be held by the saidslotted stands and to be rotated between the said stands, a wave-motioncarriage having yarn-guiding eyes to guide the yarn going to the saidspools, and means for actuating the said wave-motion carriage,

substantially as described.

19. In a spoofing-machine, two sets of driving-cylinders at oppositesides of the frame, the said cylinders having their axes coincident, orsubstantially so, two sets of slotted spool-stands having flanges, as51, to leave pockets 18 below them, two sets of drums having their axesparallel to the axes of and resting on the said cylinders, and bearingmeans for the spools, combined with the Wave motion carriage, means,substantially as described, to reciprocate it transversely of the frame,the said wave-motion carriage and its actuating cam-shaft being locatedabove the said drums and spools thereon, a series of brakes,brakeactuating levers, stop-motion devices, and with means for movingthe said stop-motion devices on the breaking of ayarn, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

G. W. GREGORY, O. M. CONE.

